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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Julie's Daily Writing Tip

…Brave Writer is a new writing resource for you to try. Although designed for parents homeschooling their children in grades K-12, many of the the writing tips and lessons ideas will help both ESL learners improve their writing and instructors with writing lessons. Let me know what you think of this resource.

A common occurrence in freewriting is for the student to hover over the page, writing about generalizations (talking about gymnastics or video games in general, to no one). To help engage more deeply, suggest your child "drop down" or "sink into" the lived experiences he or she has had in those arenas. Retell ONE swim meet experience or describe the thrill of beating a specific level in a specific game. When a child accesses direct personal experience, the vocabulary flows and there's less chance of feeling disconnected to the writing.

Useful Resources

Here are some resources that might be of interest to you...

ClickSchooling.com: Get a FREE curriculum idea every day from my good friend Diane Flynn Keith if you subscribe to her ezine. Explore her archives for hundreds of ideas from previous issues of her ezine on her website.

A-Z Home's Cool: One of the most comprehensive websites for homeschool-related information. Sign up for her "Ask Ann" ezine and receive Ann's list of free Reading Level Assessment tools, thee-book Why Homeschooling ROCKS from Homeschool Buyers Co-op and also receive The Science Activity Video Series & Guidebook from Supercharged Science.

CathyDuffyReviews.com: The most comprehensive homeschool curriculum review website. You can get the "Learning Styles" chapter from Cathy's latest book -- 101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum -FREE if you subscribe to her weekly newsletter. Regardless, her website has the most comprehensive set of product reviews anywhere.

Sincerely,

Julie Bogart Brave Writer

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